Diving behaviour of freshwater finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in an oxbow of the Yangtze River, China

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 438-443

  Akamatsu, Tomonari ^a   Wang, Ding ^b   Wang, Kexiong ^b   Wei, Zhuo ^b   Zhao, Qingzhong ^b   Naito, Yasuhiko ^c  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

By catch; Collision with commercial vessel; Data logger; Diving behaviour; Freshwater; Porpoise

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PORPOISE; RIVER;

CHANGJIANG; CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 0036526040     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2001.1159     Document Type: Article

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